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Topic: "Kodachrome" wins award at the world's oldest short film festival
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Juergen Lossau
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From: Hamburg, Germany
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted April 05, 2007 03:06 PM
Our music clip "Kodachrome," shot on Super 8, wins the Shoestring trophy at The 49th Rochester International Film Festival, New York (USA). The film is an homage to the Kodachrome 40 Super 8 film that ceased production last year. The short, realized by Heiko Riemann and Jürgen Lossau, uses the hit "Kodachrome" by Paul Simon to tell its story. "Kodachrome" was produced in September 2006 and processed at the last lab in the world able to work with Kodachrome: Dwayne's in Kansas (USA). The video transfer was performed by AVP in Munich (Germany), using a Rank Cinetel MK III.
The award is a special honour for us, because it is presented in Kodak's hometown, Rochester, New York. The Rochester International Film Festival is, according to its claim, the world's oldest continuously-held short film festival. On May, 3, 2007, the film "Kodachrome" will be shown in the Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House. This cinema has nearly 600 seats. The organizers of the festival, Movies on a Shoestring, Inc., is an independent, non-profit, all-volunteer organization. They are not affiliated with George Eastman House, but do greatly appreciate its support.
Juergen Lossau
www.smallformat.de
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Juergen Lossau
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From: Hamburg, Germany
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posted April 09, 2007 03:45 AM
Thanks for your nice messages. The KODACHROME music clip is part of this DVD:
DEATH OF THE YELLOW BAG
A 20-minute documentary that visits the Kodak lab in Lausanne (Switzerland) in August 2006, shortly before it closed forever. Includes moving interviews with the lab manager and his colleagues, along with a behind-the-scenes look at the last Super 8 Kodachrome lab in the world and the operation of its complex 14 bath process. In German and English. A film by Juergen Lossau and Heiko Riemann.
KODACHROME
In 1973, Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkel) composed a song about his youth. He dedicated the song to Kodachrome, because this slide film kept the colorful memories of his adolescence alive. Shortly after Kodachrome Super 8 film was withdrawn from the market – 41 years after its introduction – Juergen Lossau and Heiko Riemann produced this ode to the exceptional material: a music clip to accompany Paul Simon's song. Long live Kodachrome. Fittingly, this tribute was shot on Kodachrome 40 Super 8 film.
KODAK SUPER 8 INSTAMATIC
An ingenious commercial that promotes Kodak Instamatic cameras and the newly introduced Super 8 format. Shot in 1965, in English. A witty montage of earlier silent and sound movies that demonstrates the challenges of shooting motion pictures and promises a better future with Kodak’s Super 8. More than 15 minutes of entertaining slapstick scenes and quick-witted comments. An extraordinary industrial film.
ELMO COMMERCIAL
A unique glimpse into the past! This German Elmo commercial was shot on 16 mm and highlights the Japanese beauties and products from 1966. In addition to 8 mm, Super 8 and 16 mm projectors, it shows the production of the legendary Elmo C-300 Trifilmatic camera – the only movie camera capable of shooting 8 mm, Super 8, Single 8 and Double Super 8 material. 15 colorful minutes you won’t forget!
Super 8 Exposed DVD, € 29.95/US-$ 38.95. Please pay via www.paypal.com, using our eMail address info@atollmedien.de or send us a cheque in an envelope:
atoll medien
Sierichstr. 145
D-22299 Hamburg
Germany
It is also available at Derann.
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